Facebook如何保持隔离的友谊？一种基于Agent的建模方法
How Does Facebook Retain Segregated Friendship? An Agent-Based Model Approach
摘要：
Facebook是世界上最大的社交网站，它已经克服了历史上限制个人接触不同他人的结构性障碍。通过这个平台，来自各行各业和几乎任何地方的人们都可以在网上建立各种各样的友谊。然而，Facebook上的友谊和现实生活中的友谊一样被隔离。这项研究试图了解为什么这个旨在“让世界更紧密地联系在一起”的领先社交网站仍然保留着隔离的友谊。在此过程中，我们采用了一系列基于代理的模拟的基础上，集团间关系和多个附属网络（FIRST）的框架。如图所示，Facebook主要增强了用户保持大量友谊的能力（领带能力），而在增强用户接受多样性和与不同他人交朋友的能力（领带可达性）方面做得很少。Facebook必须专注于后者，如果他们真的希望为一个更具包容性的社会的发展做出贡献。虽然在这项研究中，我们专注于种族隔离的友谊在Facebook上，我们认为，同样的解释也可能适用于种族和意识形态隔离的友谊在其他双向社交网站。
英文摘要：
Facebook, the largest social networking site in the world, has overcome the structural barriers that historically constrain individuals to reach out to different others. Through the platform, people from all walks of life and virtually any location can develop diverse friendships online. However, friendships on Facebook have been as segregated as friendships in real life. This research sought to understand why the leading social networking site intended to 'bring the world closer together' retains segregated friendship. In doing so, we employed a series of agent-based simulations based on the Framework for Intergroup Relations and Multiple Affiliations Networks (FIRMAN). As demonstrated, Facebook has primarily enhanced users' capacity to maintain a larger number of friendships (tie capacity), while has done little to empower users' ability to accept diversity and befriend different others (tie outreachability). Facebook must focus on the latter should they truly wish to contribute to the development of a more inclusive society. While in this study we focus on ethnically segregated friendship on Facebook, we argue that the same explanation may also hold for racially and ideologically segregated friendships on other bi-directional social networking sites.
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